2011-12 Penn State Women's Tennis Yearbook

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2012 SCHEDULE

ROSTER AND MEDIA INFORMATION

2012 Nittany Lion Women’s Tennis Schedule JANUARY Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun. Sun.

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at Hawaii vs. Baylor (at Hawaii) UMBC LEHIGH PITTSBURGH

11 a.m. 11 a.m. 11 a.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m.

OHIO STATE * at Virginia Commonwealth PENNSYLVANIA TULANE MARSHALL MIAMI OF OHIO

3 p.m. 11 a.m. 5 p.m. 10 a.m. 5 p.m. 12 p.m.

FEBRUARY Tue. Sun. Fri. Sun. Fri. Sun.

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Table of Contents

2..............................Schedule, Contents, Credits 3.......................................... Roster, Quick Facts 4..............................Head Coach Dawna Denny 5.........................Assistant Coach Mike Fenwick 6.................................................Season Preview 7-14..............................................Player Profiles 15....................................... Sarni Tennis Center 16..........................................2011 Fall Statistics 17..................................2010-11 Final Statistics 18...........................................All-Time Records 19....................................Where Are They Now

CREDITS

MARCH Wed. Sat. Fri. Sun. Fri.

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TEMPLE EASTERN MICHIGAN INDIANA * PURDUE * at Iowa *

4:30 p.m. 12 p.m. 5 p.m. 11:30 a.m. 5 p.m.

The Penn State Women’s Tennis Yearbook was compiled, written and laid out by Penn State Athletic Communications; Jeff Nelson, Executive Editor; Erin Douglas, Design and Cover Art. Photos by: Campus Photography, Steve Manuel, Mark Selders, Melanie Kipp, Dawna Denny. U.Ed. No. ICA-10-18

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APRIL Sun. 1 Fri. 6 Sun. 8 Sat. 14 Sun. 15 Fri. 20 Sun. 22 Thu.- 26- Sun. 29

at Nebraska * 11 a.m. MINNESOTA * 5 p.m. WISCONSIN * 11 a.m. at Northwestern * 11 a.m. at Illinois * 11 a.m. MICHIGAN * 3 p.m. at Michigan State * 11 a.m. Big Ten Tournament

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STATEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION

Name

Year

Hometown/Previous College

Marie-Frederique Bedard Sarah Henderson Petra Januskova Fernanda Perrotta Kristen Roth Carmen Sandor Nina Sertic Chelsea Utting

So. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. So.

Montreal, Canada Bloomington, Ind. Ottawa, Canada Buenos Aires, Argentina Ardmore, Pa. Toronto, Canada Zagrab, Croatia/Kansas State Peachtree City, Ga./Marquette

Athletic Communications Contact: Sarah Andreychik/Pat Donghia 101-D Bryce Jordan Center University Park, Pa. 16802 Office Phone: 814-865-1757 Fax: 814-863-3165 Email: sea5078@psu.edu/ pad11@psu.edu

HEAD COACH: Dawna Denny (North Texas, 2000) ASSISTANT COACH: Mike Fenwick (Western Illinois, 2006)

2011-12 WOMEN’S TENNIS QUICK FACTS

General Information Location.....................................................................University Park, Pa. Enrollment......................................................................................38,594 Nickname.............................................................................Nittany Lions Colors................................................................................Blue and White President.....................................................................Dr. Rodney Erickson Athletic Director...............................................................Dr. David Joyner Home Court (Capacity)...................................Sarni Tennis Center (1,000) Coaching Staff Head Coach..........................................Dawna Denny (North Texas, 2000) Years at Penn State.................................................Fifth Season Record at Penn State.........................................................24-67 Career Record.................................................................89-143

Asst. Coach.....................................Mike Fenwick (Western Illinois, 2006) Years at Penn State..............................................Second Season

Team Information 2010-11 Record.......................................................................................7-16 2010-11 Big Ten........................................................................................2-8 2011 Big Ten Tournament....................................................0-1, First Round 2011 NCAA Qualifiers..................................................................................0 Letterwinners Returning/Lost.....................................................................7/2 Newcomers....................................................................................................2

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HEAD COACH DAWNA DENNY

Dawna

DENNY Fifth Season at Penn State 24-67 2008 Palmer Award Winner North Texas, 2000

Head coach Dawna Denny is in her fifth season guiding the Penn State women’s tennis team. Denny is 24-67 in her tenure at Penn State and 89-143 in ten seasons as a head coach. Denny coached the Nittany Lions to exceptional play this past fall. She led Petra Januskova to a 13-2 singles record, including singles crowns at the Cissie Leary Invitational and Western Michigan Super Challenge, as well as a Big Ten Athlete of the Week accolade. Denny also led Januskova and Nina Sertic to a second-place doubles finish at the Cissie Leary Invitational. Last season, Denny led the Nittany Lions to a 7-16 record and coached Petra Januskova to the first team All-Big Ten team. Januskova became the first Nittany Lion to earn that honor since Maaria Husain in the 2004-05 season. Januskova started the 201011 season No. 81 in the Preseason ITA rankings, the first Penn State player to accomplish the feat since 1989. Denny led the Nittany Lions to an individual runner-up finish at the ITA Atlantic Regional (Petra Januskova), as well as the singles and doubles crowns at the WMU Super Challenge. In the 2009-10 season, Denny coached Petra Januskova to 2010 ITA Atlantic Region Rookie Player of the Year honors. In her first season at Penn State in 2007-08, the Nittany Lions compiled a record of 8-14, including three victories over ranked opponents. Prior to coming to Happy Valley, Denny was an assistant coach at Baylor University where in addition to Big 12 regularseason and tournament titles, she helped the Bears to a berth in the NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen. The Bears, who peaked at No. 6 in the national rankings, finished the season 13th in the ITA poll. Denny coached two All-America singles players, including 4

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Zuzana Zemenova, who was a semifinalist in the 2007 NCAA Singles Championship. At Baylor, Denny was heavily involved in player development, recruiting, travel, scheduling, fundraising and budgeting. Prior to joining the staff at Baylor, Denny was the head coach of the women’s tennis program at her alma mater North Texas for six seasons, accumulating the second-most wins by any women’s tennis coach in North Texas history. The Mean Green posted the most wins in 17 years with 15 victories in the 2004 campaign. Denny also helped her alma mater reach the highest regional ranking (13th) in school history that same season. During her tenure with the Mean Green, Denny coached three players to Sun Belt Player of the Week honors and led North Texas to ITA AllAcademic Team awards in 2003 and 2004. In addition to coaching at Baylor and North Texas, Denny served on the Southwest Regional ITA committee (2002-06). She also organized a USTA community service clinic in 2006 and was the tournament director for the Texas Regional High School Tournament from 2001-06. Denny, who earned her bachelor’s degree in biology from North Texas in 2000, was a four-year letter winner for the Mean Green and served as team captain in 1998 and 1999. Denny was an all-conference performer in doubles in 1996 and was an active member of the North Texas Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) during her four years as a member of the women’s tennis squad. In her first two seasons at North Texas, Denny tallied a 12-15 record and then moved into the No. 1 singles spot for her junior and senior years. Throughout her collegiate tennis career, she was the Big West Female Scholar Athlete of the Year and was named to the Raptor All-Eagle Academic Team. Denny earned North Texas’ Team Eagle award twice for best work ethic/team spirit.

ASSISTANT COACH MIKE FENWICK

Michael

FENWICK Second Season at Penn State

Western Illinois, 2006

Fenwick is in his second season as an assistant coach. Fenwick came to Happy Valley after spending the 200910 season as a volunteer assistant coach with the Baylor men’s tennis team. As a volunteer assistant coach, Fenwick helped the Baylor Bears to a No. 7 ranking in the final Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) poll with a 24-7 record. The Bears also landed two singles players and three doubles teams in the national rankings. Additionally, Fenwick taught tennis classes for the health, human performance and recreation department at Baylor and served as an instructor at the Waco Regional Tennis Center.

had a hand in producing a Mid-Con Men’s Newcomer of the Year, a Mid-Con Men’s Player of the Year and 10 men’s and women’s all-conference selections while in Macomb. The WIU men also claimed the 2006 Mid-Con Tournament title and earned its first-ever NCAA Tournament bid in 2006. Fenwick graduated from Western Illinois University in 2006 with a degree in business management. He also earned his master’s degree from WIU in recreation, park and tourism administration in 2009. Fenwick played tennis at Quincy University in 2004-05 after spending time at Sauk Valley Community College (2002-03) and Illinois Valley Community College (2003-04). Fenwick’s brother, Chad, is the director of tennis/head men’s and women’s coach for Ashford University. Fenwick was a teaching tennis professional in his native Dixon, Ill. He has also worked summer tennis camps run by the Naval Academy and Pepperdine University.

Prior to his tenure at Baylor, Fenwick spent four years as an assistant coach for the men’s and women’s programs at Western Illinois. He helped guide the Leathernecks to the Summit League regular-season title in 2008, the program’s first regular-season conference title. Fenwick also

Denny has served on the ITA Mid-Atlantic committee for the past three years.

PENN STATE’S ALL-TIME COACHING RECORDS

Coach Years Record Ann Valentine 1965 2-2 Pat Semi 1966-68 11-3 Joan Nessler 1969-77 48-19 Candy Royer 1977-81 44-16 Kim Muller 1981-82 8-9 Jan Bortner 1982-90 125-45 Sue Whiteside 1990-99 73-104 Buffy Baker 1999-07 60-91 Dawna Denny 2007-pres. 24-67

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SEASON PREVIEW

PLAYER PROFILES

RETURNING PLAYERS The Penn State women’s tennis team returns six players from its 2010-11 roster. Penn State is led by seniors Fernanda Perrotta and Kristen Roth. Perrotta’s strong work ethic led her to an outstanding 2011 season in which she tallied 10 doubles wins and was ranked as high as No. 68 in the ITA Poll with her partner Petra Januskova. According to Denny, it is the intangibles that make Roth the player that she is and is a great force in bringing the team together. Juniors Petra Januskova and Sarah Henderson look to jump into a leadership role as upperclassmen and improve upon successful sophomore campaigns. Januskova was named first-team All-Big Ten and ranked in the ITA poll for most of the year. She led the Nittany Lions with a 14-8 record, including five victories over ranked opponents. Denny describes Henderson as an excellent leader in the sense of her never wavering positivity, whether it’s in practice, competition or conditioning. Sophomores on the Nittany Lion roster include MarieFrederique Bedard and Carmen Sandor. Thanks to Bedard’s fighting attitude and eagerness to learn, she earned seven singles victories in her first season with Penn State, including two wins over Big Ten opponents. According to Denny, “the sky is the limit” for a player like Sandor. As a freshman, she tallied both a three and four match win streak during the season. Last season four of Penn State’s six returning players were named to the ITA All-Academic team. Additionally, this marks the third time in four years Penn State’s team as a whole has made the list. Individual winners must be varsity letter winners and maintain at least a 3.50 GPA. TALENTED NEWCOMERS Although Penn State features no freshmen on its roster, the Nittany Lions boast two transfer students. Senior Nina Sertic comes to Happy Valley from Kansas State University and sophomore Chelsea Utting previously played at Marquette University. As a junior at KSU, Sertic tallied a career-high 14 wins in singles play, including four wins in Big 12 action. She also notched a career-best 18 doubles victories playing primarily in the first doubles slot with four different partners during the 2010-11 season. This fall Sertic has shown greatness in the number one doubles spot, partnering with Januskova to amass a 7-3 record, including a victory over No. 48 Li Xi and Maria Fuccillo of Virginia. In her first collegiate season with Marquette, Utting totaled 6

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a 35-14 combined singles and doubles record, including a seven match win streak from April 3-15. Utting brings a sense of resilence to the Nittany Lion roster and a can-do attitude that can’t be matched. BUILDING OFF OF THE FALL Several Nittany Lions made great strides during the 2011 Fall season, led by Januskova. Entering the season Januskova was ranked No. 108 in the preseason ITA poll and finished with two individual tournament crowns at the Cissie Leary Invitational and Western Michigan Super Challenge. This marked the second year in a row Januskova won the singles title at the WMU Super Challenge. Additionally, Januskova partnered with Nina Sertic to finish second in the doubles portion of the Cissie Leary Invitational. Januskova finished with a 13-2 singles record - her only two losses came against ranked opponents. Januskova was named Big Ten Athlete of the Week for the week of Sept. 28. The rest of the Nittany Lions have all shown improvement in the fall with players like Bedard, Perrotta and Utting earning several strong victories. Penn State will try to use this positive start in the fall to start the regular season strong. COMPETITIVE SCHEDULE As a member of the Big Ten, the Nittany Lions will continually face some of the toughest competition in the nation. Six members of the Big Ten, including newcoming Nebraska, finished last season in the Top 75 of the ITA rankings. Nine of Penn State’s 22 opponents for the 2012 season finished the season in the ITA Top 75. RECRUITING Penn State continues its outlook on recruiting by finding athletes that are able to succeed on and off the court. “It is imperative that the coaching staff recruit players who have a strong desire to improve and develop their game to the next level,” said Denny. “We are looking for student-athletes who love the challenges of the game and who expect growth in their game. The Penn State family focuses on the complete student-athlete. Our strong academic traditions speak for themselves and we welcome those expectations of recruiting the student-athletes who will uphold our academic and athletic traditions on and off the court. I believe it is a privilege to wear blue and white.”

Fernanda

PERROTTA Senior Buenos Aires, Argentina Major: Economics

2011 FALL: Finished with a stellar 17-8 record, including 10-4 in singles matches … Went 4-1 at the Cissie Leary Invitational … Swept through the WMU Super Challenge with a 3-0 record, tallying wins over Louisville, DePaul and WMU … Earned seven doubles victories, going 2-1 at all three tournaments she played in.

2009-10 SEASON - SOPHOMORE (at Arkansas): Tallied a 5-2 overall record, including a 3-1 mark in dual matches ... Went 4-1 in doubles play ... Advanced to the flight six final of the Florida Gulf Coast Invitational ... Won the consolation bracket in the doubles flight 1 of the Florida Gulf Coast Invitational. 2008-09 SEASON - FRESHMAN (at Arkansas): Did not compete. JUNIOR CAREER: Maintained a top 30 national ranking during her junior career in her native Argentina, peaking at No. 6 in 2007-08 … One of the best doubles players in Argentina, including a semifinal appearance in the 2009 Bell Ville Open.

2010-11 SEASON – JUNIOR: Earned seven singles victories … Bested fellow Big Ten opponents Leigh Finnegan of Illinois, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 and Christina Harazin of Iowa, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 … Tallied ten doubles wins, ranked as high as No. 68 in the ITA Poll with her partner Petra Januskova … Maintained doubles win streaks of three and four matches, respectively … Defeated No. 38 Katherine Flanigan and Monia Chow of Princeton, 9-8 … Earned three doubles victories over Big Ten opponents. 2010 FALL: Went 6-6 in singles play, including two wins at the WMU Super Challenge ... Won her final four doubles matches with partner Petra Januskova on her way to a 6-4 record ... Named doubles champion of the WMU Super Challenge with partner Petra Januskova, going 3-0 for the weekend.

Perrotta’s Career Statistics Season W-L B10 Dbl. 2008-09* 0-0 0-0 0-0 2009-10* 5-2 0-0 5-1 2010-11 7-13 2-6 10-11 Fall 2011 10-4 0-0 7-4 Career 22-19 2-6 22-16 *At Arkansas

Quoting Coach Dawna Denny “Fernanda is starting to encompass an element of true understanding in her tennis. Her maturity has resonated in her results this fall. She is embracing her senior year and has been a great example to the team.”

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PLAYER PROFILES

Kristen

ROTH Senior Ardmore, Pa. Major: Communication Arts & Sciences, Spanish, International Studies

2011 FALL: Earned three singles victories … Finished 2-1 at the Cissie Leary Invitational … Compiled two doubles wins with both Maria Prishlyak and Sarah Henderson. 2010-11 SEASON – JUNIOR: Only competed in one singles match for Penn State … Earned the lone doubles victory for the Nittany Lions versus Iowa State, beating Jenna Langhorst and Liza Wischer, 8-5 with her partner Denisa Zobeideh. 2010 FALL: Had an overall record of 4-2, including a victory over Davidson’s Tamara Hill ... Also went 4-2 in doubles with a pair of wins at the WMU Super Challenge.

PLAYER PROFILES 2009-10 SEASON - SOPHOMORE: Won her final match of the year 6-3, 6-1 against Purdue’s Remi Martin... Saw action in four singles matches and three doubles matches ... Earned Academic All Big Ten honors. 2008-2009 SEASON - FRESHMAN: Was 2-2 on the year ... Won two singles matches in fall play after walking onto the team, defeating Carly Lowenstein of Quinnipiac, 6-2, 6-1, and Kasey Rosenberger of Quinnipiac, 6-3, 6-3 ... Picked up two fall doubles victories with partner Denisa Zobeideh ... Defeated Stacey Reich and Ruthie Furman of Lehigh, 8-6, in her collegiate debut with fellow freshman Ali Hefter ... Named ITA Scholar-Athlete. JUNIOR CAREER: Compiled a 125-7 career record at Lower Merion High School ... Was the 2005 doubles state champion with partner Julie Raezar ... Team was the 2005 PIAA AAA State Champions ... Ranked No. 56 in 2007 national doubles ranking with partner Liz Hamlin ... Also competed in indoor and outdoor track ... Received the National Who’s Who Student-Athlete Award.

Nina

SERTIC Senior Zagrab, Croatia

Major: Business Management

FALL 2011: Notched a 12-11 combined singles and doubles record … Totaled four singles victories … Went 2-1 at the Cissie Leary Invitational … Earned a 8-5 doubles record, including going 7-3 with partner Petra Januskova … Finished second at the Cissie Leary Invitational with Januskova as her doubles partner … Upset No. 48 Li Xi and Maria Fuccillo of Virginia, 8-4, at the ITA Regional with Januskova as her partner. 2008-11 SEASONS (at Kansas State): Amassed 32 singles wins and 37 doubles victories in three seasons … Tallied a career-high 14 wins in singles play, including four wins in Big 12 action as a junior … Notched a career-best 18 doubles victories playing primarily in the first doubles slot with four different partners during the 2010-11 season. JUNIOR CAREER: Won the singles title at the Orange Bowl under-16 tournament … Semifinalist in the singles draw at the ETA 16 in Cakovec … Semifinalist in the singles draw and a finalist in doubles play in the ETA 16 at Salzburg.

Roth’s Career Statistics Season 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 Fall 2011 Career

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W-L B10 Dbl. 2-2 0-0 3-0 0-9 0-0 0-4 0-1 0-0 1-1 3-3 0-0 2-3 5-15 0-0 6-8

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Quoting Coach Dawna Denny “Kristen has had a new found dedication for her tennis which can make her an impact player for us in both singles and doubles.”

Sertic’s Career Statistics Season W-L B10 Dbl. 2008-09* 8-12 0-0 6-15 2009-10* 10-23 0-0 13-22 2010-11* 14-14 0-0 18-17 Fall 2011 4-6 0-0 8-5 Career 36-55 0-0 45-59 *At Kansas State

Quoting Coach Dawna Denny “Nina brings an appreciation of the game to this team. She is a player who is fun to coach and she is always accountable…win or lose.”

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PLAYER PROFILES

PLAYER PROFILES Lehigh, 8-3.

Sarah

HENDERSON Junior Bloomington, Ind.

JUNIOR CAREER: Played for St. Cuthbert’s College ... Was a member of the New Zealand Junior Federation Cup Team in 2006 ... Ranked No. 20 in the 2007 New Zealand 18 and under rankings ... Was part of a high school team that was National Champion in 2006, 2007 and 2008 ... Three-year National Finals record of 7-1 in singles and 9-0 in doubles.

Major: Finance

2010 FALL: Won two doubles matches against Liberty and Louisville with partners Maria Prishlyak and Carmen Sandor, respectively. 2009-10 SEASON FRESHMAN: Earned four wins in her first year at the collegiate level … Defeated Stacey Reich of Lehigh, 6-0, 6-1, in the third position … Won five doubles matches, including two wins in the second spot with partner Denisa Zobeideh against Bucknell, 8-4, and

Henderson’s Career Statistics

Quoting Coach Dawna Denny

Season 2009-10 2010-11 Fall 2011 Career

“Sarah is a true team player and she is committed to developing her game.”

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Junior Ottawa, Canada

2011 FALL: Entered the season ranked No. 108 in ITA Preseason Poll … Tallied a 20-5 combined singles and doubles record … Finished 13-2 in singles matches … Only two singles losses came to ranked opponents, No. 36 Emily Fraser of Virginia and No. 100 Jackie Wuu of Vanderbilt … Earned the singles crown and a second-place finish at the Cissie Leary Invitational, going an undefeated 5-0 in singles play and 3-1 in doubles action with partner Nina Sertic … Named Big Ten Athlete of the week for the week of Sept. 28th, becoming the first Nittany Lion to earn the honor since Sasha Abraham in April 2007 … Represented the Nittany Lions in the ITA AllAmerican Tournament … Won the singles title at the WMU Super Challenge for the second year in a row, going 3-0 in her matches … Earned a 7-3 doubles record with her partner Nina Sertic … Defeated No. 48 Li Xi and Maria Fuccillo of Virginia, 8-4 at the ITA Regional Tournament.

2010-11 SEASON – SOPHOMORE: Won her first match she played in February after coming off an injury … Defeated Bucknell’s Daria Tuzhikova, 6-0, 6-3 … Totaled three doubles wins, one with Amy Simidian and two with Denisa Zobeideh.

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JANUSKOVA Major: Marketing

2011 FALL: Finished the fall on a two match win streak in singles play … Defeated Paige Bahnsen of LSU at the Rice Invitational, 6-2, 6-0 … Bested Indian’s Ariel Beckerman, 6-3, 6-3 at the WMU Super Challenge … Earned two doubles victories with three different partners.

W-L B10 Dbl. 4-24 0-9 6-12 1-6 0-3 3-3 2-4 0-0 2-6 7-34 0-12 11-21

Petra

2010-11 SEASON – SOPHOMORE: Tallied a 25-18 record, finishing 14-7 and 11-11 in singles and doubles play, respectively … Named to the first team All-Big Ten team, the first Nittany Lion to earn that honor since Maaria Husain in the 2004-05 season … Started the season No. 81 in the Preseason ITA rankings, the first Penn State player to accomplish the feat since 1989 … Ranked as high as No. 59 in singles and No. 68 in doubles in ITA Polls … Went on three different steaks of winning three matches in a row … Defeated five different ranked singles opponents … Beat Prang Pantusart, who went 21-2 the previous season as Akron’s No. 1 player … Topped No. 117 Nina Vulovich of No. 23 VCU, 6-3, 7-6 (5) … Breezed by No. 92 Rachael White of Illinois, 6-3, 6-0 … Bested No. 70 Michigan State’s Amy Barton, 6-2, 6-1, who was ranked No. 121 … Edged Minnesota’s No. 74 Natalia Pintusava, 7-6 (6-4), 6-3 … Defeated No. 68 Purdue’s Jennifer Rabot, who was ranked No. 54, 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-8) … Compiled both a three match and four match doubles

winning streak with three different partners … Bested No. 9 Rachael White and Allison Falkin of Illinois, 8-6 with her partner Amy Simidian …Beat Olga Chernova and Katarina Lingl, 8-5, of No. 70 Michigan State. 2010 FALL: Earned a 13-3 record to start her sophomore campaign ... Finished runner-up at the ITA Atlantic Regional as she defeated the tournament’s No. 2 seed Erin Vierra ... Named the singles and doubles champion at the WMU Super Challenge with partner Fernanda Perrotta as she went undefeated for the tournament. 2009-10 SEASON FRESHMAN: Named the ITA Atlantic Region Rookie Player of the Year ... Ranked No. 81 in ITA preseason rankings for the first time since 1989 ... Went 8-7 in her first season as a Nittany Lion ... Was as high as No. 66 in the ITA singles ... Won matches against three ranked teams and two ranked opponents ... Defeated No. 42 Michaela Kissell of Marshall, 6-4, 6-2 ... Followed that performance by beating 27th-ranked Pichittra ongdash of Boise State, 6-0, 7-5 ... Continued solid play by beating Ana Bara, of No. 29 Virginia Commonwealth 6-1, 6-0... Also won seven doubles matches, including an 8-4 victory over No. 45 Marshall with partner Maria Prishlyak ... Ranked No. 8 in the Atlantic Region in the spring. JUNIOR CAREER: Canadian standout who has finished in the Top 5 in both doubles and singles every year since 2004, peaking at No 2 in both doubles and singles in 2005 ... Has won three national titles in doubles ... Represented Canada in the U14 World Junior Qualifiers in Mexico ... Has also been a member of the Canadian contingent in tournaments in Europe and the United States.

Januskova’s Career Statistics

Quoting Coach Dawna Denny

Season W-L B10 Dbl. 2009-10 8-7 1-1 7-8 2010-11 14-7 5-5 11-11 Fall 2011 13-2 0-0 7-3 Career 35-16 6-6 25-22

“Petra is one of the best competitors I have ever encountered. She truly loves the game and she is just now tapping into how good she can really be out there.”

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PLAYER PROFILES

Marie-Frederique

BEDARD Sophomore Montreal, Canada Major: D.U.S.

2011 FALL: Finished 6-6 in singles play … Went 3-1 at the Cissie Leary Invitational … Won her final two matches at WMU Super Challenge against DePaul and Western Michigan… Finished 6-4 in doubles matches with three different playing partners.

PLAYER PROFILES 2010 FALL: Went 6-5 in singles in her first semester as a Nittany Lion ... Won her final two matches at the WMU Super Challenge against DePaul and Western Michigan ... Won three doubles matches with different playing partners. JUNIOR CAREER: Finished her junior career ranked in the Top 300 of the Junior International Tennis Federation (ITF)... Ranked in the Top 10 U18 division the last three years. Was ranked first in Quebec last season and was most recently ranked third in the province... Bedard finished eighth at Nationals in singles and second in doubles... Made semifinal appearances in ITF tournaments in Trinidad and Aruba within the last year... Participated in the WTA’s Challenge Bell in September 2009.

2010-11 SEASON – FRESHMAN: Went 7-5 in singles in her first season at Penn State … Defeated Nicole Herzon of No. 70 Michigan State, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 … Earned a close win over fellow Big Ten opponent, Yuliana Umanets of Minnesota, 6-0, 1-6, 7-6 (12-10) … Gained two doubles victories over Pittsburgh and Winthrop with her partner Amy Simidian.

Carmen

SANDOR Sophomore Toronto, Canada Major: D.U.S.

2011 FALL: Tallied three singles victories … Went 2-1 at the ITA Regional Tournament … Edged Jacqui Corba of George Washington, 6-7 (3-5), 6-4, 7-5 and Juliana Pires of Old Dominion, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 … Earned two doubles victories, one with Marie-Frederique Bedard and one with Chelsea Utting. 2010-11 SEASON – FRESHMAN: Compiled eight singles wins in her first season at Penn State … Started out the season on a three match win streak … Edged Big Ten foe Kayla Fujimoto of Indiana, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 … Earned a 12-10 doubles record with three different partners … Tallied both a three and four match win streak during the season. 2010 FALL: Won three singles matches in her first action as a Nittany Lion ... Defeated East Tennessee State and Indiana in doubles with partners Marie-Frederique Bedard and Sarah Henderson, respectively.

Fr./Fr. Eligible

Bedard’s Career Statistics Season W-L B10 Dbl. 2010-11 7-5 2-5 2-13 Fall 2011 6-6 0-0 6-4 Career 13-11 2-5 8-17

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Fr./Fr. Eligible

Quoting Coach Dawna Denny “Marie has a huge heart and she loves tennis and competing. You can always count on her for full effort and she is passionate about Penn State tennis.”

JUNIOR CAREER: Was ranked 16th in the Rogers General Women’s Rankings for the Ontario, Canada, entering her Freshman year ... Ranked 35th nationally in the Rogers General Women’s Rankings ... Finished sixth in singles at the 2008 Ontario Indoor Junior Provincial U18 Championships and was the doubles runner-up with partner Victoria Sekely in both the U16 and U18 2007 Ontario Junior Provincial Championships ... Claimed the 2008 Roman Cup U18 title and repeated the feat again in 2009 by claiming the U18 Roman Cup at the Ontario Junior Open ... Has four singles wins and one doubles wins while playing in WTA Tour events.

Sandor’s Career Statistics

Quoting Coach Dawna Denny

Season W-L B10 Dbl. 2010-11 8-13 1-9 12-10 Fall 2011 3-3 0-0 2-3 Career 11-16 1-9 14-13

“Carmen is extremely willing to make changes and adjustments in her game. She has an exceptional serve that will help our team exponentially in singles and doubles.”

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PLAYER PROFILES

SARNI TENNIS CENTER

over pairs on ranked teams.

Chelsea

UTTING

FALL 2010 (at Marquette): Collected six singles wins, which tied for second-most on the team … Earned a 4-4 doubles record.

Sophomore Peachtree City, Ga. Major: D.U.S.

FALL 2011: Earned five singles victories … Won her first two matches as a Nittany Lion, beating Olivia Heim of Delaware, 6-1, 6-1 and Adel Arshavskaya of Delaware, 6-1, 6-3 … Went 2-1 at both the Cissie Leary Invitational and WMU Super Challenge … Tallied five doubles wins with three different partners, including a 2-1 finish at the Cissie Leary Invitational.

THE SARNI TENNIS CENTER Penn State opened the new Sarni Tennis Center in September of 1998 and held its first night match against Bloomsbug in April, 1999. The Sarni Tennis Center is a $2.3 million facility that includes seven lighted courts, a stadium court with seating for 1,000 fans, a team clubhouse with locker rooms, meeting and video rooms and a racket stringing area. The Sarni Tennis Center received the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Outstanding Tennis Facility Award in 1999.

2010-11 SEASON – FRESHMAN (at Marquette): Tallied a 35-14 combined singles and doubles record in her first collegiate season … Went 17-6 in singles play … Posted a seven match win streak from April 3-15 … Defeated two opponents from ITA ranked teams, No. 71 Minnesota’s Doran Muravnik, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5, and No. 48 Iowa’s Christina Harazin, 7-6 (7-0), 6-0 … Totaled a 18-8 doubles record, including two victories

Utting’s Career Statistics Season W-L B10 Dbl. 2010-11* 17-6 0-0 18-8 Fall 2011 5-6 0-0 5-6 Career 22-12 0-0 23-14 *At Marquette

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facility. Vincent Sarni, a retired chairman and chief executive officer of PPG Industries and his wife are tennis enthusiasts. Neither of the Sarnis is a Penn State graduate, although both have been supporters of academic and athletic programs at the University and both have had children attend Penn State. In addition to the gift from the Sarni family, approximately $500,000 in University funding went into the project, which will also provide for student use of the facility.

WHAT DOES SARNI MEAN FOR PENN STATE TENNIS? It means night matches under the stadium lights. Penn State can now schedule evening matches, which are a crowd favorite. The stadium lighting is state of the art. It means tradition. Through a combination of display cases, banners, etc., the Sarni Center will proudly recognize the achievements of past players, NCAA qualifiers, All-Big Ten picks, Academic All-Americans and so on. It means great visibility on campus. Located in the central part of campus and adjacent to the Bigler Sports Fields, Sarni will be a highly visible facility for the entire Penn State community. This will encourage the Penn State faculty, staff and students as well as the centre County community to catch the tennis fever by watching practices and attending matches.

Quoting Coach Dawna Denny “Chelsea is the spark of our team. She is extremely competitive and always the last to leave the court.”

To the players, it means “excitement.” Banners flying high above the stadium court, the beautiful Nittany Mountains and the Bryce Jordan Center as the backdrop and the majestic team clubhouse overlooking the courts. What more could a player ask for in a practice and competition site? Sarni represents a big-time facility in a superb location. THE MAKING OF THE DREAM Vincent and Sandra Sarni started the ball rolling with their gift of $675,000 to the construction of the $2.3 million

THE PENN STATE INDOOR TENNIS CENTER - The Penn State tennis team uses six outdoor Plexi-cushion courts and four indoor Decoturf courts. - The indoor facility, one of the finest in the East, has four courts with an 800-seat elevated gallery, office, pro shop and locker rooms. - The complex is used for matches and team and individual practices. - With the availibility of the indoor courts, the team does not lose valuable practice time or have matches cancelled or postponed.

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2011 FALL SEASON

2010-11 Final Results

2011 Fall Final Results and Stats RESULTS (7-16, 2-9 BIG TEN)

SINGLES

PLAYER

DOUBLES

OVERALL TOUR

PLAYER

OVERALL TOUR

Marie Bedard

6-6

6-6

Bedard/Henderson 1-1

1-1

Sarah Henderson

2-4

2-4

Bedard/Perrotta 4-2

4-2

Petra Januskova

13-2

13-2

Bedard/Sandor 1-1

1-1

Fernanda Perrotta

10-4

10-4

Henderson/Prishlyak 0-3

0-3

Kristen Roth

3-3

3-3

Henderson/Roth 1-2

1-2

Carmen Sandor

3-3

3-3

Januskova/Sertic 7-3

7-3

12-11

Perrotta/Utting 3-2

3-2

5-6

Prishlyak/Roth 1-1

1-1

54-39 54-39

Sandor/Utting 1-2

1-2

Sertic/Utting 1-2

1-2

Nina Sertic Chelsea Utting Totals

12-11 5-6

Percentage .581 .581

Totals

20-19 20-19

Percentage .513 .513

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2010-11 SEASON

1/22/11 1/26/11 2/8/11 2/8/11 2/11/11 2/12/11 2/19/11 2/25/11 2/27/11

L W W W L L L L L

Akron 5, at Penn State 2 at Penn State 6, Pittsburgh 1 at Penn State 7, Bucknell 7 at Penn State 6, California (Pa.) 1 at #36 Ohio State 6, Penn State 1* #65 William & Mary 4, vs. Penn State 3 Iowa State 4, at Penn State 3 #37 VCU 4, at Penn State 3 #55 Princeton 6, at Penn State 1

3/19/11 3/20/11 3/25/11 3/27/11 4/3/11 4/9/11 4/10/11 4/15/11 4/17/11 4/23/11 4/24/11

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Penn State 4, vs. Winthrop 3 at #41 Marshall 4, Penn State 3 at Penn State 4, Temple 3 Iowa 5, at Penn State 2* #18 Northwestern 7, at Penn State 0* Penn State 4, at #70 Michigan State 3* at #10 Michigan 6, Penn State 1* at Penn State 4, Minnesota 3* Wisconsin 4, at Penn State 3* at #68 Purdue 6, Penn State 1* at Indiana 6, Penn State 1*

2010-11 Final Statistics SINGLES Overall Marie Bedard 11-12 Sarah Henderson 1-9 Petra Januskova 27-10 Fernanda Perrotta 13-19 Maria Prishlyak 8-11 Kristen Roth 4-3 Carmen Sandor 11-18 Amy Simidian 14-16 Denisa Zobeideh 9-15 Totals 98-113 Percentage .464 DOUBLES Marie Bedard/Carmen Sandor Marie Bedard/Fernanda Perrotta Marie Bedard/Amy Simidian Marie Bedard/Denisa Zobeideh Sarah Henderson/Maria Prishlyak Sarah Henderson/Carmen Sandor Sarah Henderson/Amy Simidian Sarah Henderson/Denisa Zobeideh Petra Januskova/Amy Simidian Petra Januskova/Fernanda Perrotta Petra Januskova/Denisa Zobeideh Petra Januskova/Carmen Sandor Fernanda Perrotta/Denisa Zobeideh Fernanda Perrotta/Kristen Roth Fernanda Perrotta/Marie Bedard Fernanda Perrotta/Carmen Sandor Maria Prishlyak/Carmen Sandor Maria Prishlyak/Kristen Roth Maria Prishlyak/Amy Simidian Maria Prishlyak/Denisa Zobeideh Kristen Roth/Denisa Zobeideh Carmen Sandor/Denisa Zobeideh Carmen Sandor/Amy Simidian Amy Simidian/Denisa Zobeideh Totals Percentage

Dual Tour Big Ten 1 2 3 4 5 6 5-6 6-6 2-5 --- --- 1-1 --- 3-6 1-0 1-6 0-3 0-3 --- --- --- --- 1-0 0-6 14-7 13-3 5-5 14-7 --- --- --- --- --7-12 6-7 2-6 --- --- --- 1-0 4-6 2-7 3-5 5-6 1-3 --- --- --- --- 1-1 2-4 0-1 4-2 --- --- --- --- --- --- 0-1 8-13 3-5 1-9 --- 1-2 3-6 4-5 --- --10-12 4-4 5-6 1-0 8-12 1-1 --- --- --9-13 0-2 1-9 --- --- 2-7 6-6 1-0 --57-75 41-38 17-46 15-7 9-14 7-15 11-11 10-13 5-18 .432 .519 .270 .681 .391 .318 .500 .435 .217 Overall Dual Tour Big Ten 1 2 3 1-4 0-1 1-3 0-2 --- --- 0-2 1-3 0-2 1-1 --- --- 0-2 --- 3-8 2-6 1-2 0-5 1-4 1-2 --0-3 0-3 --- 0-1 --- 0-1 0-2 1-2 --- 1-2 --- --- --- --- 1-2 --- 1-2 --- --- --- --- 1-0 1-0 --- --- --- --- 1-0 2-3 2-3 --- 0-1 --- --- 2-3 3-6 2-4 1-2 1-2 2-4 --- --7-5 4-5 3-0 0-2 4-5 --- --- 5-1 5-1 --- 3-1 0-1 2-0 3-0 0-1 0-1 --- 0-1 0-1 --- --0-1 --- 0-1 --- --- --- --2-2 --- 2-2 --- --- --- --1-3 0-2 1-1 0-1 --- 0-2 --- 6-4 6-4 --- 3-3 --- 4-3 2-1 0-1 --- 0-1 --- --- --- --2-0 --- 2-0 --- --- --- --1-0 --- 1-0 --- --- --- --0-2 0-2 --- 0-2 --- --- 0-2 1-1 1-1 --- --- --- --- 1-1 3-0 3-0 --- 1-0 --- --- 3-0 3-3 3-3 --- 0-1 --- 3-3 --0-2 0-1 0-1 0-2 --- 0-2 --44-60 29-39 15-18 8-24 7-15 10-15 12-11 .423 .426 .455 .250 .318 .400 .522 GoPSUsports.com • PENN STATE 2011–12

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ALL-TIME RECORDS Opponent Akron Alabama American Army Ball State Baylor Bloomsburg Boise State Boston College Boston Univ. Bowling Green Brown Bucknell UC-Irvine California (Pa.) Central Florida Charleston Chatham Clarion Cleveland State Colgate Columbia Cornell Dartmouth Davidson Denver Dickinson Duquesne East Carolina E. Stroudsburg E. Tenn. St. E. Michigan Florida Intl. Florida State George Mason Georgetown G. Washington Ga. Southern Gettysburg Harvard Houston Illinois Illinois State Indiana Indiana State Iowa Iowa State James Madison Kansas Lehigh Lock Haven Loyola-Mary. Marshall Mary Baldwin Maryland Michigan Michigan State Mid. Tenn. St. Minnesota

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First Match Last Win Spring ‘10 Spring ’03 Spring ’99 Spring ’05 Spring ’06 Spring ’06 Spring ’87 Spring ’88 Spring ’93 Spring ’83 Fall ’90 Spring ’09 Spring ’09 Fall ’90 Fall ’95 Spring ’83 Spring ’01 Fall ’87 Fall ’87 Spring ’81 Spring ’83 Spring ’79 Spring ’11 Spring ’99 Spring ’01 Fall ’11 Fall ’11 Spring ’91 Spring ’91 Spring ’90 Spring ’90 Spring ’65 Spring ’66 Spring ’89 Spring ’89 Spring ’86 Spring ’86 Fall ’78 Fall ’81 Spring ’08 Spring ’08 Spring ’85 Spring ’02 Fall ’88 Fall ’90 Spring ’88 Spring ’88 Spring ’08 Spring ’65 Spring ’74 Spring ’83 Spring ’83 Spring ’86 Spring ’86 Spring ’71 Spring ’75 Spring ’84 Fall ’84 Spring ’91 Spring ’01 Spring ’01 Spring ’03 Spring ’04 Spring ’86 Spring ’88 Fall ’89 Spring ’96 Spring ’83 Spring ’06 Spring ’90 Spring ’90 Spring ’66 Spring ’87 Fall ’80 Spring ’01 Spring ’02 Spring ’92 Spring ’07 Spring ’92 Spring ’92 Spring ’92 Spring ’03 Spring ’88 Spring ’88 Spring ’92 Spring ’09 Fall ’11 Spring ’76 Spring ’98 Spring ’05 Spring ’05 Fall ’85 Spring ’10 Spring ’67 Spring ’87 Spring ’99 Spring ’96 Spring ’05 Spring ’71 Spring ’73 Spring ’03 Spring ’80 Spring ’01 Spring ’92 Spring ’11 Spring ’05 Spring ’07 Spring ’92 Spring ’11

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Opponent Montana State Morehead St. Nebraska New Mexico New Mexico St. New York State N.C. State No. Arizona Northwestern Ohio State Old Dominion Oklahoma Oklahoma St. Peace College Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Princeton Providence Purdue Radford Rice Richmond Robert Morris Rollins College Rutgers UCSB SMU South Alabama South Florida South Carolina So. Illinois St. Bonaventure St. John’s Swarthmore Syracuse Temple Toledo Tulane UT-Chattanooga Texas-El Paso Texas State Trenton State Tulane Valdosta State Virginia VCU Virginia Tech Wake Forest Washington St. West Chester West Virginia Whittenberg Wichita State William & Mary Wilson College Winthrop Wisconsin Yale

First Match Last Win Spring ’09 Spring ’09 Spring ’86 Spring ’86 Spring ’01 Spring ’93 Spring ’93 Spring ’68 Spring ’68 Spring ’06 Spring ’03 Spring ’03 Spring ’92 Spring ’67 Spring ’05 Spring ’79 Spring ’04 Spring ’09 Spring ’08 Spring ’08 Spring ’87 Spring ’87 Fall ’78 Spring ’01 Spring ’76 Spring ’11 Spring ’75 Spring ’06 Fall ’88 Fall ’88 Spring ’92 Spring ’94 Spring ’80 Spring ’80 Spring ’88 Spring ’00 Fall ’88 Spring ’00 Fall ’90 Fall ’90 Spring ’91 Spring ’91 Fall ’79 Fall ’97 Spring ’97 Spring ’97 Spring ‘10 Spring ‘10 Spring ’01 Spring ’09 Fall ’82 Spring ’91 Spring ’91 Spring ’90 Spring ’90 Spring ’06 Spring ’08 Fall ’84 Fall ’87 Fall ’79 Spring ’07 Spring ’87 Spring ’11 Spring ’07 Spring ’07 Spring ’01 Spring ’80 Spring ’93 Spring ’93 Spring ‘10 Spring ‘10 Spring ’79 Fall ’85 Fall ’11 Spring ’05 Spring ’75 Fall ’88 Fall ’90 Spring ’97 Spring ’80 Spring ’04 Spring ’04 Spring ’03 Spring ’65 Spring ’99 Spring ’83 Spring ’08 Spring ’68 Spring ’68 Spring ’08 Spring ’72 Spring ’91 Spring ’65 Spring ’74 Fall ’11 Fall ’11 Spring ’80 Spring ’08 Spring ’81 Spring ’­­08

W 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15 9 0 1 1 15 15 4 1 5 1 1 2 1 1 16 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 9 14 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 2 5 0 0 15 19 1 0 5 6 1 3 2

L 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 23 28 5 2 0 0 15 0 17 0 19 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 11 5 4 2 1 3 1 0 3 14 1 0 19 4

Anne Cook ’81 Resides in Vienna, Virginia ... Coached at George Washington University and Langley High School in McLean, Virginia ... Has a daughter, Kimberlee (7). Carol Daniels ’81 Human Resources Specialist (recruitment and placement) for the U.S. Department of the Interior in Herndon, Va. Rebecca (Ho) Dion ’02 Lives in New York City ... Works as an architectural lighting designer for Fisher Marantz Stone ... Married her husband Marcel in September 2008. Lindsay Downing ’05 Works in Private Banking at Credit Suisse in New York City ... Currently enrolled in NYU’s part-time MBA program. Linda (Learmonth) Grosh ’85 Director of the Griffith Leadership Center in the Health Management and Policy Department at the Unversity of Michigan School of Public Health ... Plays for USTA tennis for which she received a 4.5 rating this year … Resides in Ann Arbor, Mich. with her husband and three boys. Dawn (Amig) Herbst ’93 Teaches French at Pine-Richland High School in the northern suburbs of Pittsburgh … Married to Scott Herbst (’94 engineering) … Has 2 sons, Cameron (14) and Jack (12). Olya Johnson ’97 Director of Finance for the Walt Disney Company in Italy. Lois Klein Parsons ’71 Retired social worker … Also worked at a health club doing sales, check-in and teaching junior tennis. Kate (Ovelman) Nelson ’01 School Liason Officer for the Department of Defense ... Resides in Fort Sill, Oklahoma ... Married her husband Christian Nelson, a Captain in the U.S. Army, in April 2004 ... Taught tennis at the

Sea Pines Racquet Club on Hilton Head Island and was a substitute teacher at the Hilton Head Elementary School. Andrea Niculescu ’07 Works in Bucharest, Romania as operations executive with SAP Global Delivery ... She oversees the company’s reporting, logistics and personnel throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa. Janelle Perez ’02 Police officer in the California Bay Area. Gail Ramsay ’80 Head coach of the Princeton women’s squash team. Jennifer Shular ’08 Works for Merrill Lynch in New York City for Global Markets and Investment Banking with the hedge fund service group. Lisa Thomas-Boyle ’90 Teaches second grade…Lives North of Boston with husband Joe and daughter Natalie. Kelly (Nelson) Watson ‘88 Resides in Wheaton Ill. and works for First Trust Portfolios as a wholesaler ... Married to Ted Watson (‘88) and mother of two children. Jane (Paxton) Wasilov ’76 Resides in Villanova, Pa., and coaches the tennis team at Radnor High School. Cathy (Kissell) Williams ’91 Resides in Peachtree City, Georgia ... Mother of three girls ... Husband Michael is a Penn State alumnus. Kari Yerg ’89 Tennis pro at Patch Reef Park Tennis Center in Boca Raton, Florida ... Recently retired as one of the top USA Wheelchair Tennis Coaches ... Was an eight-time Team USA World Team Cup coach ... In 2007, she was named the USPTA Touring Coach of the Year for her accomplishments with wheelchair tennis.

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